# Fatal NTSB investigations: Bell 204-B

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ANC93FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA056.md): Bell 204B · Copper Harbor, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 2, 1993 · N204AQ · Destroyed
  > Fatigue failure of the tail rotor gearbox, and improper helicopter operations being conducted by the operator resulting in repetitive at and over maximum loads. Factors in the accident were: material defect of the tail rotor gear box (inadequate quality…
- [NTSB FTW67A0043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0043.md): Bell 204B · Morgan City, LA · Accident · 11 fatal · Closed · Oct 8, 1966 · N1187W · Destroyed

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181404'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=1181404

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